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From YouTube: JUNE 10 2021 Statements Coralee Oakes
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
caribou
north.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
This
global
als
awareness
day
on
june
19th
and
20th
dean
gorsling,
a
caribou
hero
will
be
taking
the
walk
to
end
als
to
a
whole
new
level,
walking
28.5
hours
on
parliament
hill
to
bring
forward
the
urgency
to
end
als
before
his
diagnosis
in
2018
at
the
age
of
29
dean.
A
combat
engineer
and
combat
diver
with
the
canadian
armed
forces
was
well
on
his
way
to
accomplishing
his
career
and
personal
goals.
A
In
the
words
of
captain
gorsley,
I
believe,
being
a
warrior
means
that
you're
willing
to
die
rather
than
have
your
cause
compromised.
You
apply
the
essence
of
your
soul
to
the
cause
and
stand
in
the
face
of
adversity,
no
matter
what
the
consequences
together.
Dean
with
his
lovely
wife,
danny
supported
by
his
parents,
barb
and
jim,
are
driven
by
massively
transformative
purpose
to
further
als
research
for
others.
In
february
of
2020,
he
co-founded
and
chaired
als
action.
A
Canada
group,
whose
mission
became
advocating
for
expedited
drug
approval
processes
and
bringing
clinical
trials
to
canada
to
make
promising
new
drugs
available
for
persons
living
with
als
nbc
progress
is
being
made
with
the
foundation
of
project
hope
and
the
als
society
of
bc.
But
urgency
is
critical.
A
Let's
inspire
a
call
to
action
in
our
province
to
have
a
laser
focus
on
a
cure
for
als,
which
may
open
the
door
for
a
cure
for
other
neurodegenerative
diseases
such
as
alzheimer's
and
parkinson's
disease.
We
have
such
distinguished
scientists
in
this
province
like
another
quinnell
graduate
dr
mark
o'meara,
who
decoded
the
sars
virus
and
is
the
ubc
canada
research
chair
in
genome
science.
A
I
know
we
can
do
this.
Let's
make
this
our
mission
to
mars
dean.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
this
country.
Please
let
us
all
come
together
and
fight
for
dean,
as
he
has
fought
for
us
june,
is
als
awareness
month.
Now
is
the
time
to
fund
the
research
and
invest
in
british
columbians
to
ensure
we
find
a
cure.